After a long and treacherous journey, our Hero finally arrives at the Dark Lady's castle only to find himself being asked for help. The Hero explains how the war that the demons have brought upon the humans have killed thousands and put more in misery. The queen of demons however argues that this war has made the human society band together as one and showed empirical evidence how it has increased population, increased production, boosted economy and improved society overall. Furthermore, she explains to the Hero that ending this war will result in a civil war that will produce more bloodshed than there ever was. The Hero, convinced that the only way to bring peace, relatively speaking, is to join forces with the Dark Lady, agrees to help with her plans!

Main Characters & Voice Actors

Maou
VA: Koshimizu, Ami
The main female protagonist and the supreme ruler of the Demon Realm. Soon after Demon Queen and the Hero join forces, she sets for the Human Realm, disguising herself as a human noblewoman known as the Crimson Scholar, and sharing a part of her vast knowledge with the Human society to help improve their civilization.

Yuusha
VA: Fukuyama, Jun
The main male protagonist and the greatest warrior of the Human realm who gives up on his task of slaying the Demon Queen after he is convinced to join her effort to ensure a truly peaceful solution to the war between Humans and Demons, by first addressing the issues of both societies that could put them into greater turmoil once the conflict ends.

Been reading the manga for this and pretty good so far. It employs the usage of economics and not the typical usage of "swords and fighting" to save the world type of theme. The interactions between the two main characters (Maou and Yuusha, also respectively known as Demon Queen and Hero) is very fun to watch for their personalities and dialogues.

The show is a huge reminiscence of Spice & Wolf, especially cast wise. The plot isn't exactly like S&W but I get some of those vibes. I'm not sure how excited I am for this but I'm fairly interested though this may be one of the more interesting shows I'm partaking in viewing for this season.

As long as it follows the manga's basic premise I'll be fine with it. Ecchi or not (depending on whatever you think of as 'ecchi') I'll be fine with it since I've seen plenty of anime with ecchi and a good story.

Loved it! I enjoyed watching the interactions between Yuusha and the Demon Queen. The way they met was funny. The OP song was kinda meh though imo. I liked the characters' designs of the show so far as well as the drama/comedy mixed in.

That ending scene was pretty funny and what the hell, the Demon Queen is wearing a headband?? LOL. Anyways, nice episode :3

Quite hard to make out what I thought of the first episode; whilst I did enjoy it quite a lot, it felt a little fast pace. . .? I can't really describe it. I had expected the hero to be a bit more stubborn to the Queen's conditions but that wasn't the case so it felt like he accepted many of the conditions brought up without thinking it through. I must say that the Queen is a fun and funny character; her womanly body is quite a service to me and her traits are worth a few laughs. The show is fairly lighthearted now but I can see it raising critical issues with how the governments work, economics, and the effects of warfare on various people and becoming a "serious" work.